2021–22 South Dakota State Jackrabbits women's basketball team
2021–22 South Dakota State Jackrabbits women's basketball | |
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Summit League regular season co-champions | |
2022 WNIT champions | |
Conference | Summit League |
Record | 29–9 (17–1 The Summit) |
Head coach |
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Home arena | Frost Arena |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Dakota State | 17 | – | 1 | .944 | 29 | – | 9 | .763 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Dakota † | 17 | – | 1 | .944 | 29 | – | 6 | .829 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas City | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 23 | – | 9 | .719 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oral Roberts | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 16 | – | 15 | .516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Dakota | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Dakota State | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 11 | – | 18 | .379 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Illinois | 5 | – | 12 | .294 | 14 | – | 15 | .483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Denver | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 10 | – | 20 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
St. Thomas* | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 7 | – | 21 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Omaha | 3 | – | 14 | .176 | 7 | – | 19 | .269 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
* Ineligible for the 2022 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division III | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2022 Summit League tournament winner |
The 2021–22 South Dakota State Jackrabbits women's basketball represented South Dakota State University in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Jackrabbits, led by 22nd-year head coach Aaron Johnston, compete in the Summit League. They played their home games in Frost Arena in Brookings, South Dakota.
Previous season
[edit]The Jackrabbits went 21–4 overall and 14–0 in conference play,[1] finishing first in the Summit League.
South Dakota State lost in the quarterfinals in an upset to #8 seed Omaha, but still qualified for the 2021 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament as an at-large bid.
In the 2021 NCAA tournament, the Jacks received a nine seed in the River Walk Regional and played Syracuse, to whom they lost 55–72.
Departures
[edit]Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Notes |
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Emily Herzberg | 4 | G | 6'0" | Freshman | Melrose, WI | Transferred to Minnesota State[2] |
Additions
[edit]Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Notes |
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Paige Meyer | 2 | G | 5'6" | Freshman | Albany, MN | Signed for the 2021–22 season |
Haleigh Timmer | 13 | G | 5'11" | Freshman | Rapid City, SD | Signed for the 2021–22 season |
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Roster
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Schedule
[edit]Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
October 27, 2021* 7:00 p.m. |
St. Cloud State | W 60–45 | 0–0 |
Frost Arena Brookings, SD | |||||||
November 4, 2021* 7:00 p.m. |
Concordia-St. Paul | W 71–46 | 0–0 |
Frost Arena Brookings, SD | |||||||
Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
November 9, 2021* 6:00 p.m., MIDCOSN |
Green Bay | W 70–49 | 1–0 |
Frost Arena (1,652) Brookings, SD | |||||||
November 12, 2021* 6:00 p.m., SECN+ |
at Mississippi State | L 71–76 | 1–1 |
Humphrey Coliseum (4,720) Starkville, MS | |||||||
November 15, 2021* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+/Big12 |
at No. 14 Iowa State | L 56–75 | 1–2 |
Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA | |||||||
November 18, 2021* 6:00 p.m., MIDCOSN |
Montana State | W 78–49 | 2–2 |
Frost Arena (1,262) Brookings, SD | |||||||
November 21, 2021* 7:00 p.m. |
at Creighton | L 55–67 | 2–3 |
D. J. Sokol Arena (864) Omaha, NE | |||||||
November 26, 2021* 10:00 a.m., Flo Hoops |
vs. UMass Gulf Coast Showcase first round |
L 63–81 | 2–4 |
Hertz Arena (143) Estero, FL | |||||||
November 27, 2021* 10:00 a.m., Flo Hoops |
vs. No. 19 UCLA Gulf Coast Showcase consolation |
W 76–66 | 3–4 |
Hertz Arena (213) Estero, FL | |||||||
November 28, 2021* 1:30 p.m., Flo Sports |
vs. Charlotte Gulf Coast Showcase 5th-place game |
Canceled[4] | Hertz Arena Estero, FL | ||||||||
December 4, 2021* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Northern Iowa | L 50–59 | 3–5 |
McLeod Center (636) Cedar Falls, IA | |||||||
December 6, 2021* 7:00 p.m., MIDCOSN 2 |
Missouri State | L 52–55 | 3–6 |
Frost Arena (1,149) Brookings, SD | |||||||
December 11, 2021* 2:00 p.m., MIDCOSN |
Kansas State | L 73–79 | 3–7 |
Frost Arena (768) Brookings, SD | |||||||
December 15, 2021* 7:00 p.m. |
Dakota Wesleyan | W 90–43 | 4–7 |
Frost Arena (612) Brookings, SD | |||||||
Summit League regular season | |||||||||||
December 20, 2021 6:00 p.m. |
at Kansas City | W 85–78 | 5–7 (1–0) |
Municipal Auditorium (767) Kansas City, MO | |||||||
December 22, 2021 5:00 p.m. |
at Oral Roberts | W 71–51 | 6–7 (2–0) |
Mabee Center (1,468) Tulsa, OK | |||||||
December 30, 2021 5:00 p.m., MIDCOSN 2 |
North Dakota State | W 77–60 | 7–7 (3–0) |
Frost Arena (1,563) Brookings, SD | |||||||
January 1, 2022 2:00 p.m., MIDCOSN |
North Dakota | W 72–54 | 8–7 (4–0) |
Frost Arena (1,230) Brookings, SD | |||||||
January 8, 2022 1:00 p.m., MIDCOSN |
at South Dakota | L 42–65 | 8–8 (4–1) |
Sanford Coyote Sports Center (3,513) Vermillion, SD | |||||||
January 13, 2022 5:00 p.m. |
at Omaha | W 72–49 | 9–8 (5–1) |
Baxter Arena Omaha, NE | |||||||
January 15, 2022 3:00 p.m. |
at Denver | W 87–43 | 10–8 (6–1) |
Hamilton Gymnasium (191) Denver, CO | |||||||
January 20, 2022 7:00 p.m., MIDCOSN 2 |
St. Thomas #BEATTYPE1 |
W 88–47 | 11–8 (7–1) |
Frost Arena (1,220) Brookings, SD | |||||||
January 22, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Western Illinois | W 114–50 | 12–8 (8–1) |
Frost Arena (1,506) Brookings, SD | |||||||
January 27, 2022 7:00 p.m., MIDCOSN 2 |
at North Dakota | W 75–49 | 13–8 (9–1) |
Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,287) Grand Forks, ND | |||||||
January 29, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at North Dakota State | W 76–60 | 14–8 (10–1) |
Scheels Center (841) Fargo, ND | |||||||
February 5, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
South Dakota South Dakota Showdown Series |
W 75–65 | 15–8 (11–1) |
Frost Arena (3,549) Brookings, SD | |||||||
February 10, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Denver Pink Game |
W 79–52 | 16–8 (12–1) |
Frost Arena (1,643) Brookings, SD | |||||||
February 12, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 |
Omaha Pork Classic |
W 77–62 | 17–8 (13–1) |
Frost Arena (3,128) Brookings, SD | |||||||
February 17, 2022 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Western Illinois | W 84–54 | 18–8 (14–1) |
Western Hall Macomb, IL | |||||||
February 19, 2022 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at St. Thomas | W 83–42 | 19–8 (15–1) |
Schoenecker Arena Saint Paul, MN | |||||||
February 24, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Oral Roberts | W 84–48 | 20–8 (16–1) |
Frost Arena (1,363) Brookings, SD | |||||||
February 26, 2022 2:00 p.m. |
Kansas City Senior Day |
W 94–62 | 21–8 (17–1) |
Frost Arena (2,059) Brookings, SD | |||||||
Summit League women's tournament (2–1) | |||||||||||
March 5, 2022 12:30 p.m., MIDCO/ESPN+ |
(1) | vs. (8) Denver Quarterfinals |
W 86–59 | 22–8 |
Denny Sanford Premier Center (8,075) Sioux Falls, SD | ||||||
March 6, 2022 12:30 p.m., MIDCO/ESPN+ |
(1) | vs. (4) Oral Roberts Semifinals |
W 72–53 | 23–8 |
Denny Sanford Premier Center (6,518) Sioux Falls, SD | ||||||
March 5, 2022 1:00 p.m., ESPNU |
(1) | vs. (2) South Dakota Championship |
L 45–56 | 23–9 |
Denny Sanford Premier Center (8,117) Sioux Falls, SD | ||||||
National Invitational Tournament (5–0) | |||||||||||
March 17, 2022* 8:00 p.m., MIDCO |
Ohio First round |
W 87–57 | 24–9 |
Frost Arena (1,774) Brookings, SD | |||||||
March 20, 2022* 2:00 p.m., MIDCO |
Minnesota Second round |
W 78–57 | 25–9 |
Frost Arena (2,678) Brookings, SD | |||||||
March 24, 2022* 7:00 p.m., MIDCO |
Drake Third round |
W 84–66 | 26–9 |
Frost Arena (3,114) Brookings, SD | |||||||
March 27, 2022* 5:00 p.m., MIDCO / ESPN3 |
Alabama Quarterfinals |
W 78–73 | 27–9 |
Frost Arena (4,268) Brookings, SD | |||||||
March 31, 2022* 7:00 p.m., MIDCO / ESPN3 |
UCLA Semifinals |
W 62–59 | 28–9 |
Frost Arena (5,227) Brookings, SD | |||||||
April 2, 2022* 2:00 p.m., CBSSN |
Seton Hall Championship |
W 82–50 | 29–9 |
Frost Arena (5,263) Brookings, SD | |||||||
Source:[5]
Rankings
[edit]Poll | Pre- Season |
Week 2 |
Week 3 |
Week 4 |
Week 5 |
Week 6 |
Week 7 |
Week 8 |
Week 9 |
Week 10 |
Week 11 |
Week 12 |
Week 13 |
Week 14 |
Week 15 |
Week 16 |
Week 17 |
Final |
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AP | RV | NR | NR | NR | RV | |||||||||||||
Coaches | RV | * | NR | NR | RV | RV |
Increase in ranking | ||
Decrease in ranking | ||
Not ranked previous week | ||
(RV) | Received votes | |
(NR) | Not ranked |
Honors
[edit]Summit League Player of the Week
[edit]- December 27, 2021 – Paige Meyer
- February 14, 2022 – Myah Selland
Postseason awards
[edit]- Summit League Coach of the Year
- All-Summit League Team
- Summit League All-Defensive Team
- Tylee Irwin[6]
- Summit League All-Newcomer Team
- Paige Meyer[6]
- WNIT Most Valuable Player
- Myah Selland[7]
- WNIT All-Tournament Team
References
[edit]- ^ "2020-21 South Dakota State schedule". South Dakota State University Athletics. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
- ^ "Mavericks Add Transfer Emily Herzberg". Minnesota State University Athletics. December 13, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
- ^ "TWO SIGN WITH SDSU WOMEN'S BASKETBALL". gojacks.com. November 11, 2020. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
- ^ "SOUTH DAKOTA STATE VS. CHARLOTTE CANCELED". South Dakota State University Athletics. November 28, 2021. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
- ^ "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule". South Dakota State University Athletics. June 16, 2021. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "South Dakota's Lamb garners #SummitWBB Player of the Year honor". thesummitleague.org. March 3, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
- ^ a b c "South Dakota State in control start-to-finish, wins 2022 Postseason WNIT title". womensnit.com. April 2, 2022. Retrieved April 3, 2022.